---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol safety action programs; local independent policy board to select attorneys for board."
description: "Alcohol safety action programs; local independent policy board to select attorneys for board."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "Virginia SB 841 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-12-28"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/274d0edf-9119-4b10-a0f3-c08871c24459"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB841"
source_hash: "80b550c8d028c01163e23602eca23f4a6b51d43b6fa8e9447aa993859ef418a1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 841 (2023) — Alcohol safety action programs; local independent policy board to select attorneys for board.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0562** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0562)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106682D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB841H1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107524D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB841S1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103601D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB841)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23103601D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB841E)
6. **SB841ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB841ER)

## Votes

- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103601D `filing, introduction`
- **2022-12-28** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from DPB (SB841)
- **2023-01-13** Rereferred from Rehabilitation and Social Services (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Rereferred to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB841E
- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23103601D-E
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB841E)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106682D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB841H1)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106682D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB841H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
- **2023-02-21** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-22** Senators: Surovell, Boysko, Reeves
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Scott, D.L., Adams, L.R., Williams
- **2023-02-24** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-24** Conference substitute printed 23107524D-S1
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-24** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB841ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB841ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 562 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0562)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/274d0edf-9119-4b10-a0f3-c08871c24459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).